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  • Friday Roundup: Obese babies, cancer vaccine, human hair fonts, and the grandeur of a dead tree

    It’s Friday! Links to information for you to share with family, friends, children, and total strangers: Babies on obesity path? Well, it’s questionable. Study says that babies who hit two growth markers before age 2 have increased risk of obesity. But only 12% of the 45,000 infants in the study who did hit the mark were obese by age 5. Two of my children have always been off the charts for growth. They are both quite slender. Resea…

    Authored by on November 11, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: Sex, math, sugar bombs, and vocal fry

    Via Wikimedia Commons. This is a picture of a whole lot of sugar. Women and men and science Vocal fry: I (Emily) am a biologist. This phrase makes me think of tiny, loudmouthed fish. But it’s really about a vocal tic. Do you do this when you speak? It’s all the rage among young XXers these days. Decaying hoods, premature birth: living in among dilapidated buildings linked to higher risk of premature childbirth.  Do you know w…

    Authored by on December 16, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: 2011 top science lists, radium laced condoms, and the clitoris

    A Double X Science grandma showed us this picture. We thought it was the most ridiculously cute thing we’d seen all year. As 2011 draws to a close, media outlets and science bloggers have busily collated their top-10 (or 12 or 20) lists of science-related cool/interesting/freaky/fantastic stuff this year. Here’s a selection that should keep you busy for about the first half of 2012: Smithsonian’s list , including Fran…

    Authored by on December 30, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: Crabs and Lady Gaga, exploring Mars, female orgasm, gift lists, and more!

    …breast cancer drugs show promise .  Does sex make you healthy ? We sure hope so.  Citizens take science into their own hands , including making their DNA results public.  Science-related education for rural kids . In the 21st century, where you live shouldn’t determine how much you can learn. Women and men and science Are women less corrupt than men ? Depends on what you mean by “corrupt.” “GirlApproved”…

    Authored by on December 9, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: Arsenic in juice, self-medicating chimps, science tattoos, Guinness Record-setting science cheerleaders, and more!

    …;toxic metal!” and calling for its removal.  Can heading the ball in soccer/football cause brain damage? Is a “Mediterranean-ish” diet good for your heart? Researchers draw that conclusion from this study of 2500 Manhattanites.  Can dreams predict the future? No. Would you want to see yourself old? Our Living World Chimps self medicate with food. They really are our closest living relatives. Speaking of being like us, some…

    Authored by on December 2, 2011

  • Friday Roundup

    Measles. It can be deadly , and it’s extraordinarily infectious. How does it spread so quickly? Researchers  have found the answer . Why can’t students perform Web searches and identify credible sites for information? Is first place really so much more meaningful than actual meaning? Moms: Would you accept mail-order chicken pox ? We hope not. Do students quit majoring in science because they suddenly discover it’s HA…

    Authored by on November 5, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: Jane Austen’s arsenic poisoning, breastfeeding and bones, dog bites that trigger pregnancy, and a cranky crab

    Jane Austen. Engraving via Wikimedia Commons, in the U.S. public domain. Curious about how climate has changed over the long term–the very, very long term? This video from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration puts it all into perspective: Jane Austen poisoned by arsenic ?  A mystery author claims that all signs point to arsenic poisoning as the cause of Jane Austen’s death. The rationales that treatments w…

    Authored by on November 18, 2011

  • Friday Roundup: dissolving mice, preschooler paleontologist, evolution cake, and more 2011 retrospective

    Burrunan dolphin, a new species discovered in 2011 Cool science and science ewwws Can Mountain Dew really dissolve a mouse?  Barry White’s voice may have been low, but how well could his boys swim? French botanist Jeanne Baret botanized around the 18th-century world dressed as a man. Now, she gets some recognition.  Have you had a child? Would it make you feel better to know that you each still carry around cells from one anothe…

    Authored by on January 6, 2012

  • Friday Roundup: Land-walking octopus, he’s having a baby, defining veggies, & lots for the ladies

    …’s efforts to perform a butt injection on a woman using “Fix a Flat.” It’s probably best to just love your butt for what it is, which isn’t Fix a Flat. In smarter news, NASA is rolling out Aspire 2 Inspire, targeting girls interested in science. Know a girl who’s interested in science? You can start with the Aspire 2 Inspire video below about women in science: Speaking of women in science, former dean of th…

    Authored by on November 25, 2011

  • Friday roundup: Nature is beautiful, weird, terrifying, & gross, and vaccines are a social responsibility

    d to head up the Pentagon’s 100-year Starship project . Nature is beautiful. Nature is weird. Nature is terrifying. National Geographic has collected together its best “Photo of the Day” selections from 2012, and this one has stayed with me since I saw it earlier this year. Astonishing.  Otters chase a butterfly . You may know that a group of crows is called a “murder.” But did you know that a group of otters…

    Authored by on January 14, 2012

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